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Creator:

Laurence, G. F. H, Composer

Media Type:

Audio

Item Type:

Sheet music covers

Description:

The "Willoughby Polka" by composer G. F. H. Laurence, dedicated to Captain George E. Willoughby, with a lithograph of the steamboat PLYMOUTH ROCK on the cover.

Notes:

The piano music is available from the Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music collection in the American Memory collection at the Library of Congress.

Inscriptions:

"The Willoughby Polka" "Composed by G. F. H. Laurence, and Respectfully inscribed by the Publisher to Capt'n G. E. Willougby [sic]. Commander of the Steamer Plymouth Rock" "Lith. of Endicott & Co. NY" "Entered ... Congress A.D. 1854 in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Northern District of New York" "25 Cts Nett"

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Original title:

Willoughby Polka

Original Description:

The "Willoughby Polka" by composer G. F. H. Laurence, dedicated to Captain George E. Willoughby, with a lithograph of the steamboat PLYMOUTH ROCK on the cover.